Rowing the Sea of Cortez, 700 miles, 50 days

On October 12, my friend and I embarked on a 50 day journey along the east coast of Baja. We rowed a 17 foot aluminum drift boat from San Felipe to Los Barriles. We rowed 6 to 10 hours a day, trading off rowing and resting every 30 minutes.

We caught nearly 300 fish along the way. We released most of them, but we did eat fish 44 out of 50 days. This is a trigger fish which became our favorite, delicious no matter how we cooked them.

This is a Sierra, also very delicious. We traded half this fish for a few beers. Later that night four coyotes came into our camp and absconded with the last pieces of fish and slunk away into the hills. We saw and heard coyotes throughout the trip. I was actually nipped in the toe twice and pawed in the chest once.

We found this shell early on. It was our shot glass of choice.

This island (and several others) is white because it is covered in bird poop, hundreds of years worth. Some of the islands used to be mined for the guano which is used in fertilizers.

That's not garbage, it's pumice! We rowed through a couple miles of floating rocks, it was pretty cool. They make great targets for a BB gun.

Gonzaga Bay, about day 10, it had been about 6 days since we had been able to buy beer. We had to go 4, 5, 7, 10 and even 12 days between towns where we could resupply. We usually just needed more beer and tequila and tortillas and beans.

Leaving town, always mixed emotions. The sea was good to us. Town is where you lose money and brain cells. I hope you enjoyed this small sample of our amazing trip.